Some wisps of fog
A few things from around the internet:
Cath at The Picket Fence is blogging some of the things she has learnt from Edith Schaeffer and her books. The posts so far are here and here.
Cath also wrote a post about a little historic jaunt we took on Easter Monday (you can see me taking refreshments in the Lord Nelson Pub over there, looking a little sheepish).
Jean linked this post on singleness on Facebook. I found some of these points interesting. With regards Point 1, I accept the point, and do agree with it – you can certainly think/feel, 'well if I am going to be single, perhaps I should go to deepest darkest Africa', but I am not entirely convinced that is the right way round (and that it shouldn’t rather be, perhaps I am meant to go to deepest darkest Africa and therefore I should be single). Maybe in the end it is not so important which way you end up in deepest darkest Africa. Point 3 is also interesting, and as a hopeless romantic who is single, perhaps that is why I like stirring poetry, music and nature (though I have a feeling getting married wouldn’t dim those loves).
Don Miller writes a post on introverts. I have never considered that I need special consideration as an introvert, and the reality is that the way my life is at the moment, no-one has any obligation to “care” for how I like to conduct my daily life, and I largely run it how it pleases me. The first point Don mentions is the big one for me. I always ask people to catch up one-on-one, because that's the way I feel like I can have a real conversation with them. (And I do think being an introverted Christian is one of the main reasons I am still single, given the churches propensity to do things in large groups (and if everyone takes Joshua Harris’s advice and hangs around in groups, then all the extraverts are going to have a great time and get married soonest), which is not my preferred means of getting to know people, or for others to get to know me.) When an introvert wants to do something one-on-one they aren't being intense and threatening, it's just how they do things.
And finally, a picture from Karen, for book lovers everywhere.
